Overview

• CDPR confirmed in its Q1 2025 earnings report that the sequel, now officially Cyberpunk 2, entered pre-production after completing its conceptual phase and has become the studio’s primary recruitment focus with roughly 96 developers assigned.
• Development will use Unreal Engine 5 instead of CDPR’s in-house Red Engine to leverage next-generation tools and workflows.
• Veteran leads Gabriel Amatangelo and associate game director Paweł Sasko are steering the project at a new Boston studio alongside hires from Blizzard, IO Interactive, and Massive Entertainment.
• Cyberpunk creator Mike Pondsmith has hinted that the game will revisit Night City and introduce a new Chicago-inspired city.
• The Phantom Liberty expansion has sold 10 million copies and The Witcher 3 has surpassed 60 million sales, underscoring CDPR’s recent commercial momentum.